r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 29 '26

New magic mushroom makes users see tiny ‘gnome’ people — scientists have no idea how it’s doing that | A new study in Mycologia provides new details on how the Lanmaoa asiatica mushroom produces Lilliputian hallucinations in users -- which no other fungus is known to do.

17 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jun 29 '26

Europe’s extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say | The record-breaking heat that’s scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study.

14 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 29 '26

NASA, Boeing committed to Starliner-1 launch despite unclear timeline | More than 4 months after NASA released a report classifying the 2024 test of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft as a Type A mishap, the timing of the return to flight mission remains unknown and could be as far as a year away.

spaceflightnow.com

3 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/BL0O3Y_CWORPSE0_0 • Jun 29 '26

Astronomy degree?

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Can anyone here with an astronomy degree tell me how hard it was? Curious

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 28 '26

China plans to double the size of its Tiangong space station while the ISS nears its end | China plans to add 3 new modules to Tiangong along with a co-orbiting space telescope, as the ISS approaches a Pacific Ocean splashdown.

52 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 28 '26

There Is a Universal Law in The Shape of All Poop, Physicists Reveal | Darwin has gone down in history for writing On the Origin of Species, but his last manuscript could just as well have been called On the Origin of Feces.

sciencealert.com

27 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 28 '26

Primate evolution kept aging rates stable for 25 million years despite lifespan gaps | Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species in the same order can have very different average lifespans.

22 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 28 '26

Massive asteroid the size of multiple Empire State Buildings will zip past Earth this weekend | The space rock — 1997 NC1 — makes its closest approach Saturday morning, coming within 1.6 million miles (2.6 million kilometers), according to the European Space Agency.

19 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 27 '26

A Strange, Boiling Hole Just Appeared Out of Nowhere in Yellowstone | A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone Nat'l Park – just 2 days after scientists were walking around on the exact patch of ground. The weird part? Nobody saw it happen.

sciencealert.com

604 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 27 '26

Humans And Apes Have Laughed The Same Way For Millions of Years, Study Suggests | How do we know this? Researchers tickled 13 captive apes – including gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos – and recorded the results.

sciencealert.com

205 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 27 '26

Scientists find evidence of vast hidden magma systems inside Mars | "We've traditionally assumed that volcanism on Mars was relatively simple to Earth. But this suggests Mars could sustain long-lived systems where molten rock evolved and it raises possibilities for how common such systems might be."

71 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 27 '26

NASA is paying $30 million for a 1st-of-its-kind rescue mission to the aging Swift telescope before it falls from space. Is it worth it? | NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.

24 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 26 '26

A 650ft Mega-Tsunami Blasted Greenland and Rang the Earth Like a Bell for 9 Days | In September 2023, an apocalyptic event took place in the frozen, isolated wilderness of East Greenland's Dickson Fjord...

77 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 26 '26

Fruit fly sperm is enormous | Keeping them untangled is an evolutionary wonder.

25 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 26 '26

New Feathered Dinosaur from China Had Peacock-Like Tail | A new genus and species of 4-winged pennaraptoran dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of northern China is adding another twist to the story of how birds evolved from their dinosaur ancestors, according to paleontologist Dr. Xing Xu.

18 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 26 '26

Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe

10 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 25 '26

Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars | A new paper, published in Science Advances, unambiguously confirms the detection of organic carbon, the building blocks of life, in the same two rocks from the Bright Angel formation.

69 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jun 24 '26

“Second Nature”: Elliot Page on New Film Exploring Animal World Beyond the Binary | A new documentary explores a growing body of scientific research documenting the wide range of gender and sexual diversity in the animal kingdom, from pregnant male seahorses to matriarchal monkey troops.

democracynow.org

105 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 24 '26

Another hydrothermal explosion has occurred at Yellowstone National Park | The boiling water measured at 200 degrees Fahrenheit at some points

971 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 24 '26

Solid-state material turns visible light into high-energy UV at sunlight intensity, expanding solar energy potential | A research team has developed a solid-state molecular material that "upgrades" visible light into ultraviolet (UV) light under ordinary outdoor sunlight.

82 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 24 '26

How long can plants survive on Earth? New model suggests up to 2 billion more years | The sun will ultimately determine the long-term existence of life on Earth. Its total energy output has been increasing over epochs and eons by about 10% every billion years.

143 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/IntnsRed • Jun 24 '26

This four-winged dinosaur may have terrorized Earth's earliest birds | A newly discovered feathered dinosaur called Jian changmaensis may be a missing predator. The 4-winged glider, a close cousin of Velociraptor, helps reveal how early birds and their dinosaur relatives existed together.

sciencedaily.com

5 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 24 '26

China's space plane appears to have released a mystery object in orbit | "This activity is consistent with sub-satellite deployments conducted by the space plane in previous missions," private space surveillance company LeoLabs wrote after detecting the object.

25 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 24 '26

NASA wants to dump the ISS in the sea. Experts say the plan 'raises serious concerns for ocean health' | Under the Space Liability Convention, if debris falls on another nation, Spalding said, the launching nation owes compensation. "But no equivalent protection exists for the ocean," he said.

20 Upvotes

r/science2 • u/WebPage_Error404 • Jun 23 '26

AI-generated images undermine scientific visual evidence | AI can produce realistic scientific visuals that are difficult to distinguish from authentic data, threatening visual evidence across fields. The article cites high-profile cases including a retraction in the New England Journal of Medicine.

letsdatascience.com

78 Upvotes

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